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A mathematician and his brilliant idea.
Mathematician and Philosopher Blaise Pascal invented a mechanical calculator that was named Pascaline. This arithmetic machine could calculate using addition and subtraction aswell as multiplication and division. -
More up to date
German mathematician Gottfried Leibniz invented a more sophisticated mechanical calculator named the Leibniz Wheel and it was regarded as "The first true four-function calculator". -
Invention of the Jacquard Loom
The machine that holds the title for the first machine to use the idea of storage and programming is the Jacquard Loom. The machine's inventor Joseph-Marie Jacquard created it by using a standart fabric loom that used punched cards that instructed the loom to perform automated tasks. -
To make a difference
One of the leading pioneers in the development of computers Charles Babbage invented the "Difference Engine" which could perform a lot more than just simple arithmetic equations. -
Analytical dream
After 14 years Babbage created a new engine with the name "Analytical Engine" which shares many similarities with modern computers as it consists essential parts that are in every computer today. -
The main precursor
American business man, inventor and statistician Herman Hollerith designed and built a tabulating machine. This machine was the precursor of the modern computer and it held sway in the field for many years to come and marked the beginning of a new a era for computers and coding. -
Even more computers
Z1 was a general-purpose computer invented by the German mathematician, engineer and computer pioneer Konrad Zuse. -
The first special purpose computer
The Atanasoff Berry Computer was invented by John V. Atanasoff and his assistant Clifford Berry and it was specifically designed to solve systems of linear questions. -
The ENIAC
This computer was the first general purpose computer that was entirely a electronic computer that was designed by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert. -
The successor
The Mark IV that was officialy built in 1952 by Howard Aiken, was the successor of 4 advanced computers, the first one being Mark I that was built in the late 1930s.